Yearly Archives: 2021


Follow Up of Nuclear Bomb Ban Celebration & Protest, and Future

From Abel Tomlinson   Dear Friends, Our Nuclear Bomb Ban Celebration & Protest of U of A Participation in Building Nuclear Weapons event went great! A huge Thank You goes out to everyone that showed up in the cold weather! And we were not alone, as at least 158 other groups all over the world, on every continent, rose up to celebrate this historic milestone! Nuclear weapons are now officially illegal under international law!   Here is a Facebook livestream video of the speeches and music from the event, and here are 14 photos from our event, and look close […]


You’re Invited: 2021 Arkansas Solar Campaign Kickoff Meeting

You’re Invited: 2021 Arkansas Solar Campaign Kickoff MeetingThursday Feb 4 – 6:00pm-7:00pm Online (RSVP for link) We’re kicking off our 2021 solar campaign here in Arkansas, and we want you with us! Help us to ensure we protect the Solar Access Act from efforts to rollback and repeal it this session.  Join us on Thursday, February 4th at 6:00 p.m. CT for a virtual community meeting to learn more about our campaign, discuss our plans, and take action together. In 2019, Audubon supporters like you helped ensure that the Solar Access Act (Act 464), was passed by the state legislature and […]


Dear HARK: Don’t sit on the money please

Did you know that our county is sitting on CARES Act money intended to help people? Most of the last $4.5 million we received is already sitting there, and another $7.1 is supposed to open up next week.  Our county Judge, J. Woods, is apparently not good at figuring out how to take money and turning it into help…. The situation across the country is into the critical zone, and Washington County is no exception. There’s no time to wait. Here’s something you can do to help. Please read more at the jump. Dear HARK: Don’t sit on the money please


NUCLEAR WEAPONS ABOLITION TREATY NOW IN FORCE

Rally Celebration and ProtestFriday Jan 22 – 11:00 am – UA Student Union MallDick Bennett <j.dick.bennett@gmail.com> To:OMNI Peace & Climate Newsletter Nuclear Bomb Ban Celebration & Protest of U of A Participation in Building Nuclear Weapons On January 22nd at 11 A.M. at the University of Arkansas Union Mall* (address and parking details below), we’re holding a celebration for the landmark Nuclear Bomb Ban, the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, “entering into force” as international law. One hundred and thirty U.N. member nations have voted to make nuclear bombs illegal. To mark this momentous occasion, we’ll be taking part in a Global Day of Action, […]


National Day of Racial Healing

Arkansas to host a week-long observance of the National Day of Racial HealingMon Jan 18-22American Public Health Association is sponsoring a national day for this important peace health and peace issue. Arkansas participates for the first time!Activities at link belowfile:///C:/Users/glady/Downloads/2021%20NDORH%20Press%20Release.pdf


8 Billion Angels

FREE FILM FROM POPULATION CONNECTION Please forward. Thanks, Dick BennettJoin us for our 2021 kick-off event! We’re excited to announce we will be hosting a virtual film screening of 8 Billion Angels, a story exploring how rapid population growth has pushed the limits of our planet’s resources in different regions of the world. Upon registration, the film will be available to view at your leisure between January 28th and February 2nd. We will wrap up the on-demand screening period with a LIVE panel discussion on February 2nd at 7pm ET/4pm PT. Links to register for these events are provided below, we […]


What I Can’t Get Out of My Mind

They’re apparitions from the insurrection last week. They rage and rant. They scream and chant. The scene that keeps coming back is a hoard of ostensible Republicans chanting “hang Mike Pence” like banshees. The white-hot energy of the experience is ricocheting through the stratospheres of the country, whether we attended or not.Progressives really need to talk about this.Read PeaceWeaver post here